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> '73 2.0, a yellow storage unit find
arne
post Mar 27 2017, 11:01 AM
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Well, as I posted at the end of my intro thread ( http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=303932&hl= ), I bought my 914 over the weekend. We've all heard of barn and garage finds, this car was found in a large storage unit.

Details - '73 2.0, 4732924138, yellow. Appears to me to be Saturn or Chrome yellow, but I never looked at the paint plate to say for sure. Will confirm that and correct later. Confirmed, L13M, Saturn or Chrome Yellow. Odometer shows just over 72k miles, seller claims that is correct, but I haven't gone through the paper trail to verify. The car does look like that could be accurate. I am the fourth owner.

Rust seems limited to the battery tray, passenger floor and right sail panel (where water obviously got trapped behind the vinyl). The hell hole looks solid at this point. None of the rust appears to be holes yet. Definitely some work to do there.

The car was said to run when it was parked in the unit, other people not involved in the sale confirmed that it drove in under its own power. Been sitting for 6 years or so. After it got in, the seller began very rudimentary prep for restoring it, but life got in the way. So about all that was done was to pull all the lenses off.

I'm waiting for a flatbed to gather it up now, should have it in my garage later today. Here are a couple of pictures to show the beginning.

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arne   '73 2.0, a yellow storage unit find   Mar 27 2017, 11:01 AM
arne   And yesterday it died. Looking into this now, see ...   Oct 2 2017, 10:37 AM
arne   And now it lives again. Troubleshooting data in th...   Oct 2 2017, 01:57 PM
arne   Once running again, I took advantage of having eve...   Oct 2 2017, 08:42 PM
914 7T3   Once running again, I took advantage of having ev...   Oct 2 2017, 09:17 PM
arne   If your car will indeed be going where I think its...   Oct 2 2017, 09:33 PM
914 7T3   If your car will indeed be going where I think it...   Oct 2 2017, 10:09 PM
arne   Almost there. The final few trim bits were shipped...   Oct 4 2017, 04:33 PM
arne   Almost there. The final few trim bits were shippe...   Oct 5 2017, 10:27 AM
arne   How about some before and after pics? ...   Oct 4 2017, 04:40 PM
Cairo94507   Whomever gets that car is going to get a great car...   Oct 4 2017, 04:48 PM
mepstein   Whomever gets that car is going to get a great ca...   Oct 4 2017, 05:11 PM
napasteve   Looks great Arne. Well done.   Oct 4 2017, 06:14 PM
914 7T3   :worship:   Oct 4 2017, 07:43 PM
arne   A few more Before and After   Oct 4 2017, 08:25 PM
arne   Gathering all the included bits now.   Oct 5 2017, 03:55 PM
arne   The only air-cooled at our monthly gathering today...   Oct 7 2017, 09:15 PM
arne   On this day, 9 October 2017, I am declaring this p...   Oct 9 2017, 04:11 PM
914 7T3   On this day, 9 October 2017, I am declaring this ...   Oct 9 2017, 06:44 PM
arne   My car is 6/73, threshold plates are black plastic...   Oct 9 2017, 07:18 PM
Mikey914   I may be incorrect, but I thought 75 was the start...   Oct 9 2017, 07:26 PM
arne   Nope, apparently the change was mid-year '73. ...   Oct 9 2017, 07:57 PM
914 7T3   Nope, apparently the change was mid-year '73....   Oct 9 2017, 08:51 PM
arne   Nope, apparently the change was mid-year '73...   Oct 9 2017, 09:04 PM
turk22   [quote name='914 7T3' post='2536053' date='Oct 9 ...   Oct 10 2017, 06:35 PM
Jamie   My Feb. '73 has aluminum plates.   Oct 9 2017, 08:04 PM
jmitro   wow, great job, and a fast restoration. I love the...   Oct 9 2017, 09:06 PM
mbseto   That's a beautiful car!   Oct 10 2017, 12:19 PM
porschetub   Mine is 74 but according to our countries rego dat...   Oct 10 2017, 07:30 PM
arne   And as of today, it is officially sold. Transport ...   Oct 11 2017, 06:00 PM
arne   Time for some closing credits. Thanks to the foll...   Oct 12 2017, 02:30 PM
porschetub   Are you going to do another 914 ?....I think you s...   Oct 12 2017, 04:17 PM
arne   Are you going to do another 914 ?....I think you ...   Oct 12 2017, 04:29 PM
914 7T3   Are you going to do another 914 ?....I think you...   Oct 14 2017, 10:08 AM
arne   I don’t think so, Jeffrey. I’ve never been a b...   Oct 14 2017, 11:23 AM
914 7T3   I don’t think so, Jeffrey. I’ve never been a ...   Oct 14 2017, 11:26 AM
arne   I don’t think so, Jeffrey. I’ve never been a...   Oct 14 2017, 12:20 PM
euro911   Yeah, a big-bore motor will bring it to life. I ha...   Oct 14 2017, 01:59 PM
914 7T3   Yeah, a big-bore motor will bring it to life. I h...   Oct 14 2017, 02:33 PM
euro911   Yeah, a big-bore motor will bring it to life. I ha...   Oct 14 2017, 04:31 PM
914 7T3   [quote name='914 7T3' post='2537695' date='Oct 14...   Oct 14 2017, 06:00 PM
arne   [quote name='914 7T3' post='2537695' date='Oct 1...   Oct 14 2017, 06:11 PM
914 7T3   [quote name='914 7T3' post='2537764' date='Oct 14...   Oct 14 2017, 06:20 PM
arne   One of my friends has a ‘67 912 with a 1720 in i...   Oct 14 2017, 03:29 PM
arne   On its way to the new owner. Sitting above an Asto...   Oct 15 2017, 02:37 PM
arne   I’ve received word that the new owner now has po...   Oct 17 2017, 08:51 PM
arne   Oops! Duplicate post!   Oct 17 2017, 08:52 PM
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